Sec. 1309. ANNUAL REPORT ON MORATORIUM ON USE BY ARMED FORCES OF ANTIPERSONNEL LANDMINES
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## SEC. 1309 ANNUAL REPORT ON MORATORIUM ON USE BY ARMED FORCES OF ANTIPERSONNEL LANDMINES **[**[10 U.S.C. 113 note](/us/usc/t10/s113)**]** ###
(a)Findings Congress makes the following findings: ####
(1)The United States has stated its support for a ban on antipersonnel landmines that is global in scope and verifiable. ####
(2)On May 16, 1996, the President announced that the United States, as a matter of policy, would eliminate its stockpile of non-self-destructing antipersonnel landmines, except those used for training purposes and in Korea, and that the United States would reserve the right to use self-destructing antipersonnel landmines in the event of conflict. ####
(3)On May 16, 1996, the President also announced that the United States would lead an effort to negotiate an international treaty permanently banning the use of all antipersonnel landmines. ####
(4)The United States is currently participating at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in negotiations aimed at achieving a global ban on the use of antipersonnel landmines. ####
(5)On August 18, 1997, the administration agreed to participate in international negotiations sponsored by Canada (the so-called “Ottawa process”) designed to achieve a treaty that would outlaw the production, use, and sale of antipersonnel landmines. ####
(6)On September 17, 1997, the President announced that the United States would not sign the antipersonnel landmine treaty concluded in Oslo, Norway, by participants in the Ottawa process because the treaty would not provide a geographic exception to allow the United States to stockpile and use antipersonnel landmines in Korea or an exemption that would preserve the ability of the United States to use mixed antitank mine systems which could be used to deter an armored assault against United States forces. ####
(7)The President also announced a change in United States policy whereby the United States— #####
(A)would no longer deploy antipersonnel landmines, including self-destructing antipersonnel landmines, by 2003, except in Korea; #####
(B)would seek to field alternatives by that date, or by 2006 in the case of Korea; #####
(C)would undertake a new initiative in the United Nations Conference on Disarmament to establish a global ban on the transfer of antipersonnel landmines; and #####
(D)would increase its current humanitarian demining activities around the world. ####
(8)The President's decision would allow the continued use by United States forces of self-destructing antipersonnel landmines that are used as part of a mixed antitank mine system. ####
(9)Under existing law (as provided in section 580 of Public Law 104–107; 110 Stat. 751), on February 12, 1999, the United States will implement a one-year moratorium on the use of antipersonnel landmines by United States forces except along internationally recognized national borders or in demilitarized zones within a perimeter marked area that is monitored by military personnel and protected by adequate means to ensure the exclusion of civilians. ###
(b)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— ####
(1)the United States should not implement a moratorium on the use of antipersonnel landmines by United States Armed Forces in a manner that would endanger United States personnel or undermine the military effectiveness of United States Armed Forces in executing their missions; and ####
(2)the United States should pursue the development of alternatives to self-destructing antipersonnel landmines. ###
(c)Annual Report Not later than December 31 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report concerning antipersonnel landmines. Each such report shall include the Secretary's description of the following: ####
(1)The military utility of the continued deployment and use by the United States of antipersonnel landmines. ####
(2)The effect of a moratorium on the production, stockpiling, and use of antipersonnel landmines on the ability of United States forces to deter and defend against attack on land by hostile forces, including on the Korean peninsula. ####
(3)Progress in developing and fielding systems that are effective substitutes for antipersonnel landmines, including an identification and description of the types of systems that are being developed and fielded, the costs associated with those systems, and the estimated timetable for developing and fielding those systems. ####
(4)The effect of a moratorium on the use of antipersonnel landmines on the military effectiveness of current antitank mine systems. ####
(5)The number and type of pure antipersonnel landmines that remain in the United States inventory and that are subject to elimination under the President's September 17, 1997, declaration on United States antipersonnel landmine policy. ####
(6)The number and type of mixed antitank mine systems that are in the United States inventory, the locations where they are deployed, and their effect on the deterrence and warfighting ability of United States Armed Forces. ####
(7)The effect of the elimination of pure antipersonnel landmines on the warfighting effectiveness of the United States Armed Forces. ####
(8)The costs already incurred and anticipated of eliminating antipersonnel landmines from the United States inventory in accordance with the policy enunciated by the President on September 17, 1997. ####
(9)The benefits that would result to United States military and civilian personnel from an international treaty banning the production, use, transfer, and stockpiling of antipersonnel landmines. # TITLE XXVIII GENERAL PROVISIONS * * * * * * * ## subtitle C Defense Base Closure and Realignment * * * * * * *
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- Pub. L. 104-107
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Sec. 1309
ANNUAL REPORT ON MORATORIUM ON USE BY ARMED FORCES OF ANTIPERSONNEL LANDMINES
Pub. L.Pub. L. 104-107
Stat.110 Stat. 751
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